Ready Player One

by Ernest Cline

Being human totally sucks most of the time. Videogames are the only thing that make life bearable.

Sitting alone in the dark, watching the show on my laptop, I always found myself imagining that I lived in that warm, well-lit house, and that those smiling, understanding people were my family. That there was nothing so wrong in the world that we couldn’t sort it out by the end of a single half-hour episode

But in the real world, interacting with other people—especially kids my own age—made me a nervous wreck. I never knew how to act or what to say, and when I did work up the courage to speak, I always seemed to say the wrong thing.

The Halliday Learning Foundation also provided impoverished children around the globe with free OASIS hardware and Internet access so that they could attend school inside the OASIS.

she took me to see the Rocky Horror Picture Show in a huge stadium-sized movie theater on the planet Transsexual,

I also had a habit of overeating when I was depressed or frustrated, which was most of the time.

“No,” Shoto said. “Daito did not commit seppuku. I’m

Jumping off a building isn’t Seppuku, as a Japanese citizen Shoto would know this.

But I stopped cold when I saw Leopardon, the giant transforming robot used by Supaidaman,

The idea of spelling out the Japanese pronunciation of Spider-Man here comes across as very awkward.

“Of course not. You’re my best friend, Aech. My only friend, to be honest.”

From the very start, Marie had used a white male avatar to conduct all of her online business, because of the marked difference it made in how she was treated and the opportunities she was given.

Then I knew where I was. Inside the first scene of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Another of Halliday’s favorite films, and perhaps the most-beloved geek film of all time.

Well this is wrong